Max Weber and Postmodern Theory: Rationalization Versus Re-Enchantment

by Nicholas Gane

Book Overview

This book explores the contemporary nature of Max Weber's work by looking in detail at his key concepts of rationalization and disenchantment. Thematic parallels are drawn between Weber's rationalization thesis and the critiques of contemporary culture developed by Jean-Francois Lyotard, Michel Foucault and Jean Baudrillard. It is suggested that these three 'postmoden' thinkers develop and respond to Weber's analysis of modernity by pursuing radical...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1403941165
• ISBN13: 9781403941169
• Release Date: April 2002
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 194 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.4" x 7.6"